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- Dimensions
- 8.75ʺW × 0.75ʺD × 10ʺH
- Styles
- American
- Period
- 1990s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Maroon
- Condition Notes
- Looks Mint Condition Looks Mint Condition less
- Description
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Beautiful Mint Copy of the book, from the series: Smithsonian Exploring the Ancient World "Search for the First Americans" 1st …
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Beautiful Mint Copy of the book, from the series: Smithsonian Exploring the Ancient World "Search for the First Americans" 1st Edition 1993 by David J. Meltzer, Illustrated. Measures 10" x 8-3/4" x 3/4", 176 pages.. (i1)
David Jeffrey Meltzer (born 1955) is an American archaeologist known for his influential studies of Paleo indians and Pleistocene mammalian extinction. According to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, his research on Paleo indians' "varied adaptive strategies has forced a revision of the received wisdom that Pleistocene people were exclusively big-game hunters or were responsible for Pleistocene mammalian extinction.
Meltzer is currently Henderson-Morrison Professor of Prehistory in the Department of Anthropology and Executive Director of the Quest Archaeological Research Program at Southern Methodist University. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas.
Meltzer first encountered archaeology at the age of 15, when he participated in the excavation of the Thunderbird Site, an important Paleo indian Clovis site near Front Royal, Virginia. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Maryland and Master of Arts and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Washington. At Washington, he studied with Robert Dunnell, a noted evolutionary archaeologist of eastern North America. Prior to graduating, Meltzer was also a Pre-doctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution. less
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